Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Leadership failures led to deaths

The Virginian-Pilot|Aug 04, 2014|by Dianna Cahn

“NORFOLK -- As they slowly asphyxiated at the bottom of a pond last year, two Navy divers shared something extraordinary: the choice to die together rather than abandon a fellow sailor.

“That selflessness went with Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Harris and Petty Officer 1st Class James Reyher to their deaths on Feb. 26, 2013 -- undiscovered until a Navy investigator reconstructed the events.

“The investigation, conducted more than 16 months ago, was released last week to The Virginian-Pilot under the Freedom of Information Act. It pinpointed a series of failures that contributed to the training accident that day at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland: bad leadership, poor decision-making and faulty equipment.”

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/08/04/navy-diver-heroic-to-the-last-breath.html?comp=7000023468025&rank=2

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